I'm looking for articles or resources that dive into the beginnings of Azure and other cloud platforms. I'm particularly interested in the technical details and the thought process that went into creating these platforms. Any recommendations?
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You might find it fascinating to know that Microsoft Azure originally started as an internal project called Red Dog before launching as Windows Azure around 2010. Check out some early engineering talks from Microsoft's Build conferences as well as papers on distributed systems from their research team—these really delve into how they handled scaling compute, storage, and networking for the cloud.
That's cool! I've always wondered why the DHCP service was named Red Dog. Guess it's a remnant from those earlier days!